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New research has revealed that just 1,000 grey long-eared bats, a species native to Devon, remain in the UK and numbers are declining.

"The UK’s grey long-eared bats need greater conservation efforts before we lose them” says Dr Orly Razgour, who is calling for this little-known species to be afforded ‘UK Priority Species’ status in the newly published Conserving grey long-eared bats...

Twitter has apologised to the women who have encountered violent abuse on Twitter from a number of anonymous users.

Tony Wang the General Manager of Twitter UK offered an unequivocal apology for the abuse some women have been subjected to, saying it "was not acceptable in the real world and it's not acceptable on Twitter".

The issue has been raised by a number of high profile...

The UK’s leading marine charity says people visiting the beach this summer should keep their eyes peeled for wobbly visitors who act as a barometer of the seas. After a slow start this year, jellyfish blooms started increasing in June and July as our coastal waters warmed up.

Every summer hundreds of reports of jellyfish sightings are made to the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS)...

Staff in the country's network of 371 Crown post offices will take a ninth round of strike action today (Monday 29 July) in a dispute over closures, jobs, and pay.

Only three percent of branches may be affected by the action according to the Post Office.

The strikes have been called by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) which represents staff members in the Crown network...